Example Sentences

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By the time you read this, the Iran I am describing may no longer exist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“The action I am describing to you today is action that I took in the last couple of days.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

“Come take a short walk on St. Marks Place or Flatbush Avenue and you will see and feel what I am describing here,” Julia McEvoy wrote.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2022

This is the first time that I am describing my issue, which is deeply personal and has remained hidden from many of my friends and colleagues for years.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2021

The Charity I am describing has been singularly fortunate in its agents; but in none more so than in those who performed its responsible work in the West.

From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring